ERIE CEMETERY

'Erie Cemetery' is a prominent cemetery located in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is situated on 75 acres of land bounded on the east by Chestnut Street, the west by Cherry Street, the north by Nineteenth Street, and the south by Twenty-sixth Street.
The cemetery was conceived in October 1846 when a citizens group circulated a petition and collected $1,500 towards the purchase of land. A new subscription effort in December 1849 led to the incorporation of the cemetery on 29 January 1850, at which time seven managers were named. The deed was conveyed to the corporation on 28 March 1850, at which time a $1,500 deposit was paid and a judgment bond of $6,000 signed to secure payment of the balance due. Officers of the corporation were elected on 24 May 1850, namely George A. Eliot, President; William A. Brown, Secretary; and J. C. Spencer, Treasurer. H. Daniels was hired in December 1850 to develop the property. The formal opening of the cemetery took place on 20 May 1851. A porters' lodge was erected near the main entrance before 1885. ^[1]
The Erie Cemetery Association manages the Erie Cemetery, as well as Laurel Hill Cemetery in Millcreek Township and Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery in Harborcreek Township.

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Burials

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Burials

Those buried at Erie Cemetery include:

Name	Dates of birth and death	Notable event or occupation
Babbit, Elijah	(29 July 1795 - 9 January 1887)	US Congressman
Brainerd, Samuel Myron	(13 November 1842-21 November 1898)	US Congressman
Brewster, Alexander W.	(June 1795-26 May 1851)	Burgess of Erie (first person buried at the cemetery)
Clark, Henry Alden	(7 January 1850-15 February 1944)	US Congressman
Cushman, Edgar Leander "Ed"	(27 Mar 1852-26 September 1915)	Major League Pitcher, pitched no-hitter for Milwaukee Brewers in 1884
Davenport, Samuel Arza	(15 January 1834–1 August 1911)	US Congressman
Galbraith, John	(2 August 1794-15 Jun 1860)	US Congressman
Himrod, William	(19 May 1791-21 June 1873)	Industrialist, founder of Himrod Mission school
Jethroe, Sam	(20 January 1918-16 June 2001)	Major League baseball player [2]
Reed, Charles Manning	(3 April 1803-16 December 1871)	US Congressman
Scott, William Lawrence	(2 July 1828-19 September 1891)	US Congressman, President of Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad
Shreve, Milton William	(3 May 1858-23 December 1939)	US Congressman, Erie County District Attorney, Pennsylvania state legislator
Sill, Thomas H.	(11 October 1783-7 February 1856)	US Congressman, Erie burgess, Erie Postmaster
Vincent, Strong	(17 June 1837-7 July 1863)	Union hero of Little Round Top at Battle of Gettysburg, U.S. Civil War

References

1. ''History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol I'' (1884:Warner, Beer's and Company, Chicago), pp 605-06
2. Baseball Almanac [1]

External links

★ Erie Cemetery Association

★ Find-a-Grave

★ Native Tree Society